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Research and Development of piezoelectric actuators and motors for high accuracy motion generation (Mechanical Engineering)
The doctoral candidate position is available in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Sciences. Applicants interested in other research topics related to control and driving of piezoelectric actuators and motors; piezoelectric energy harvesting systems for IoT, piezoelectric acoustic systems for particles agglomeration are also welcome to apply.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Department at the Yale University aims to understand and improve health equity, both domestically and globally.
Sociology
This is the first doctoral Sociology program in the state of West Virginia University. Each graduate program sets their own term of admission and application deadline.
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering is the study, application, and practice of using science and engineering technologies to deal with the design, planning, construction and maintenance of sustainable infrastructure, in both physical and natural built environment. This degree is offered at McMaster University.
Biological and Environmental Sciences
The School of Biological Sciences has a global reputation for empirical and experimental research in biological and environmental sciences, spanning from gene to global scales, from deep in the earth and sea to high altitude, and from the Arctic to the Antarctic. We offer a Biological and Environmental Sciences degree at the University of Aberdeen.
Guitar
The Guitar program at Johns Hopkins University leading to the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) provides students with the highest level of professional training in the art of musical performance or the craft of musical composition.
Engineering - Engineering Education and Transformative Practice Emphasis
We offer a Engineering - Engineering Education and Transformative Practice Emphasis phd degree at University of Georgia.
Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
The curriculum of the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design program from Bilkent University combines the arts with technical and scientific studies in order to give students a well-rounded education.
Mathematical Sciences
The PhD in Mathematical Sciences at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University aims to provide high calibre education and advanced training in mathematics. It will take advantage of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s international and vibrant research environment to prepare graduates for their research careers.
Politics
As a student in the Politics programme from the University of Strathclyde, you can study an MPhil over one year or a PhD over the course of three years.
Urban Planning and Design
The PhD in Urban Planning and Design is managed through collaboration between Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the University of Liverpool.
Music Composition
Princeton offers a very open curriculum in which students from Music Composition program at Princeton University are free to pursue their own individual compositional interests.
Comparative Literature
In the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University, we examine the range of literature, its transmission, and its dynamic traversal of linguistic, geographic, cultural, political, and disciplinary boundaries.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Learn how to research, test, measure and treat the brain, at all levels from molecular analysis to the psychological impact of human neurological conditions in the doctoral program in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University at Albany.
Education Futures
The Education Futures Research Cluster is located in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport at The Open University UK.
Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
The primary aim of the graduate program at the University of Toronto Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is to provide students with opportunities for advanced multi‑disciplinary study and supervised research experience in the areas of crime, the administration of criminal justice, and social studies of law and regulation.
Built Environment (Practice-based)
The Built Environment (Practice-based) at the University of New South Wales is aimed at practitioners operating within or across the broad range of disciplines represented in the faculty, from architecture and design to planning and construction.

Biomedical Engineering
Research on Biomedical Engineering at Brunel University of London is addressing unmet needs in health through innovative technology.
Learning and Development Sciences
Students in our Learning and Development Sciences Ph.D. program at Indiana University Bloomington come from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds, from math and science to psychology and computer science.
Security Technologies, Systems and Management
Graduates of the Security Technologies Systems and Management Ph.D. programme will acquire theoretical knowledge in the Security and Security Technologies fields. Tomas Bata University in Zlín offers the Security Technologies, Systems and Management programme.